New paper from our lab on Synthetic Methylotrophy :)

Towards the methanol economy! We turned E. coli into a synthetic methylotroph that behaves in many ways just as a natural one. Tremendously enjoyed the team effort Philipp Keller Tom Gassler and everyone else involved! #methanol nature.com/articles/s4146…

Towards methanol economy: A recent study by the Vorholt lab demonstrates how computational modeling, rational engineering and long-term laboratory evolution can be used to convert E. coli into an organism that thrives on methanol. biol.ethz.ch/en/news-and-ev… nature.com/articles/s4146…

The way to formatotrophy was long and rocky. So will be the way to sustainability. But we will walk it! 1/4 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Super excited to share my 1st first-author publication out today in Science Magazine, in which we resurrect billion-year-old enzymes to study the evolution of Rubisco. Let me tell you how a 100 amino acid protein facilitated the rise of oxygenic life. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Ever wondered how you could go about engineering an endosymbiont? We (Gabriel H Giger D-BIOL @ ETH Zurich) show direct injection of E. coli into HeLa cells using the FluidFM technology and growth of the former inside of its cytosol. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

On the way to #renewable plastics! Michael Baumschabl +Özge Ata et al. together with @dmattanovich and the team BOKU_IMMB BOKU University @acibGmbH demonstrate conversion of #CO2 into #sustainable #bioproducts! Paper: lnkd.in/d2RJ-AfG BOKU University news: short.boku.ac.at/yokx6w0

Honest question, especially in light of all the Twitter controversy, why don't people like ResearchGate? #ScienceTwitter

Exciting new research out of our lab describing the discovery of a new high affinity siderophore that binds rare earth elements. Eventually, this may help with rare earth element recycling and biomining🤩

Excited to announce the successful de novo synthesis of the world’s longest DNA #oligonucleotide ever reported to be produced in a single synthesis at 1005 bases. 🧬🧬🧬 Join the Early Access Program: ansabio.com/signup. Full press release: 👇👇👇 bwnews.pr/3T9DPYw

Recently, Philipp Keller & I developed a synthetic methylotroph in the Vorholt lab to convert green methanol to carbon-negative chemicals. Thrilled to share that we now received the SNF/Innosuisse BRIDGE Discovery grant to support translating our tech to industry. #climateChange

ETH researchers have developed bacteria that efficiently utilize methanol, offering a sustainable alternative to producing valuable products currently derived from fossil fuels. 🛢️ D-BIOL @ ETH Zurich #FossilFuels #ClimateNeutral brnw.ch/21wJ52g